What's Your Emotional Intelligence?
Wondering about your emotional intelligence is a very natural curiosity. Maybe you feel like you’re naturally emotionally intelligent - you read people well, build connections easily, and pick up on subtle social cues. Or perhaps you struggle connecting, can be a little reactive, and struggle to understand how other people may be feeling. Either way, exploring your emotional intelligence can be a valuable tool for self-awareness and growth. The good news? Emotional intelligence isn’t fixed - it’s a skill you can develop and strengthen over time.
What's Your Emotional Intelligence? Our Quiz
Trudy Jacobsen
Trudy Jacobsen is a highly experienced counsellor with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals and couples with her warm, grounded and outcome-driven approach. She is available for new clients for in-person appointments in Booval, Brisbane as well as online video appointments.
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- Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
- Member of the AASW
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Not Sure What Your Results Mean?
Wherever you landed, emotional intelligence is a skill you can keep building, not a score you're stuck with. A lower score isn't a character flaw, and a higher score doesn't mean there's no room to grow. Most people are stronger in some areas than others, more self-aware than empathetic, or better at managing their own emotions than reading other people's.
How Counselling Can Help
There is nothing morally superior about being emotionally intelligent, so if you scored lower on the quiz, don’t beat yourself up! Some people naturally find it easier to recognise emotions and pick up on social cues, while others may need more practice. Helpfully, emotional intelligence can be developed; counselling can help you become more aware of your own emotions, recognise cues in others, and build strategies to manage your responses and relationships more effectively.
At Life Supports, we match you with a counsellor based on your needs, preferences, and their areas of expertise. To learn more, call 1300 735 030 or get in touch via our contact page. We’re here to help, 7 days a week.
FAQs
Emotional intelligence is something that can absolutely be improved. Unlike your IQ, your EQ is something that can be trained and strengthened with the help of practice, self-reflection and counselling.
A lower score doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you. Some people naturally find it easier to recognise emotions and pick up on social cues, while others may need more practice. Emotional intelligence is also something you can develop over time, so your score can be a useful starting point for understanding yourself and identifying areas you may want to work on.
If you have a lower EQ, you might find it harder to understand your own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. This can make it difficult to connect with people and navigate relationships.
People with lower emotional intelligence may also find it difficult to manage strong reactions or communicate effectively in challenging situations, which can lead to misunderstandings, conflict, or strained relationships. They may also struggle with empathy, making it harder to recognise and respond to what others are feeling.
Not exactly. This quiz is designed as a general self-reflection tool to help you think about your emotional intelligence and identify areas you might want to explore further. A formal EQ assessment is more comprehensive and typically uses validated psychological measures administered and interpreted by a qualified professional.
Counselling can help you develop emotional intelligence by increasing your awareness of your own emotions, identifying patterns in how you respond to situations, and learning to regulate difficult feelings. It can also help you better recognise and understand the emotions of others, improve communication, and develop healthier ways of navigating relationships and conflict.